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title American Horseshoes (US)
set name horshoes
manufacturer Taito America Corporation
year 1990
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / Horseshoes (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_l.c
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rating

64.8% after 32 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 256
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x320
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 1
nplayers 4P alt
controls trackball
buttons 2
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 6.66528MHz
audio YM2203 @ 3.33MHz
data
version added .036b04
last change(s) .123u3
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
c47-03.ic6  131072  37e15b20  horshoes    85baa0ee553e4c9fed38294ba8912f18f519e62f 
c47-02.ic5  131072  35f96526  horshoes    e7f9b33d82b050aff49f991aa12db436421caa5b 
c47-01.ic11  131072  031c73d8  horshoes    deef972fbf226701f9a6469ae3934129dc52ce9c 
c47-04.ic4  131072  aeac7121  horshoes    cf67688cde14d452da6d9cbd7a81593f4048ce77 
c47-05.ic10  131072  b2a3dafe  horshoes    5ffd3e296272ef3f31432005c827f057aac79497 
cabinet art
cabinet horshoes.png
marquee horshoes.png
control panel horshoes.png
flyer horshoes.png
PCB horshoes.png
additional information
info 0.36b4 [Olivier Galibert]

WIP:
  • 0.123u3: Fixed rom names and gfx1 rom loading.
  • 0.122u2: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6665280 Hz and YM2203 to 3330000 MHz.
  • 0.82u2: Brian Troha added dipswitches 'Demo Sounds', 'Service Mode' and 'Flip Screen'.
  • 0.81u8: Brian Troha added dipswitches 'Beer Frame Message', 'Price to Continue', 'Bonus Advantage', 'Scoring Speed' and 'Grip/Angle Select'.
  • 0.37b12: Added dipswitches 'Difficulty', 'Time' and 'Innings'.
  • 0.37b11: Added dipswitches 'Coinage' and 'Price to Continue'.
  • 0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6MHz.
  • 0.37b3: Added dipswitches 'Cabinet', 'Flip Screen', 'Demo Sounds' and 'Coin A/Coin B'.
  • 0.36b4: Olivier Galibert added American Horseshoes (US) (Taito 1990).
  • 26th August 1999: Olivier Galibert sent in a Taito system L driver with support for American Horseshoes, Cachat, Champion Wrestler, Fighting Hawk, Palamedes, Plotting, Puzznic and Raimais. None of them have sound though, and some have graphic bugs.
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Romset: 640 kb / 5 files / 262 zip
history American Horseshoes (c) 1990 Taito.


A 1- to 4-players horseshoe game. Each players can choose from one of four characters. There are 2 pitches in each inning. Players may select grip and throwing angle prior to each pitch. The rolling of the trackball determines the distance of each pitch. After each inning the scoring with shown with an overhead shot of the stake area. Each player's score is shown througout the game at the top of the screen. At the end of each 3 innings the players may continue by inserting additional credits. Up to 9 innings can be played per game.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito L System hardware

Prom Stickers : C47


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 1

Control : Trackball

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in July 1990.


- SCORING -


Ringer (A horseshoe which wraps around the stake) : 3 points.

Leaner (A horsehoe which rests against the stake) : 2 points.

Landing within the stake area : 1 points.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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